Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen
by Peter Apps
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orwell Prize for Political Writing | 2023 | Winner |
About This Book
An account of the political and regulatory failures that led to the Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017, in which seventy-two people died in a London social housing block clad in flammable material. Peter Apps traces the decades of decisions—by government, local councils, and the construction industry—that made the disaster inevitable, and documents the survivors' continuing struggle for justice.
About the Author
Peter Apps is a British journalist and author specialising in urban development, housing policy, and social justice. He is the deputy editor of Inside Housing, a specialist publication covering the UK social housing sector, and has spent years investigating the circumstances that led to the Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017, in which seventy-two people died. Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen (2022) is Apps's account of the political and regulatory failures that caused the Grenfell disaster, tracing the decisions made over decades by government, local councils, and the construction and cladding industries that contributed to the fire. Read more →
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